Happy Birthday Rachigga...

23 years ago today...at 9:00 in the morning, I gave birth to my beautiful Angel Girl. I have nicks for all my kids...Cheerios for the son, Baby Girl for our middle daughter (Happy) and, Angel Girl for Rachigga. (So...why not use THOSE nicks for this blog??? IDK...maybe because they are MY nicks for them and I don't want to share that with anyone.)

ANYWAY...my littlest...my youngest...my Angel Girl. Beautiful from the first moment I laid eyes on her...she absolutely captured my heart. She brought me incredible joy...still does.

I have included many pictures...mostly because I just uploaded so many for a DVD project they are fresh in my mind...trust me, there could be more, but I don't want to embarrass the poor girl!

Rachigga was a really awesome baby. Didn't cry much...seemed pretty content in her own little baby-world. Little did we know that my little Angel was NOT doing that well. When she was about 2 months old, my sis-in-law noticed she was really skinny and suggested we have her checked out "just because". So...we did. The doctor took one look at her tiny body and she was immediately concerned for this precious little baby. The results of the initial testing was grim...a potentially fatal liver condition. Her liver had simply stopped functioning. They warned us the rest of testing may bring more bad news. They took more blood and prepared it for a lab in Ohio. Chief and I were afraid, as most young parents would be. We could be on the cusp of losing our precious Angel Girl. We brought her to church and told PD right away. There was a Healing Ministry coming to our church that weekend "The Power Team", and when PD called Chief to bring Rachigga forward, their massive hands enveloped our tiny girl and healing began immediately. Those tests were sent out on Friday and the results were to be in on Monday. When we went in on Monday...a miracle...according to her Doctor. She was not going to die...she was in desperate need of calories and so I stopped nursing her and started her on formula. God healed my precious baby. Thus the nick...Angel Girl. She was guarded...protected, no doubt about it and we knew it. Even though there were consequenses to her inability to process calories right away, we knew she would be all right. Some physical therapy and the right formula and my Angel was back on track and growing and becoming the woman she is today. We know God has an incredible plan for this beautiful, young woman...a woman after His own heart!

Beautiful. Precious. Gifted. Understanding. Kind. Compassionate. Funny. Incredibly funny. One of the most Godly women I know. Her heart is as big as an ocean.

A wonderful Aunt.

A tender sister.

A perfect daughter.

A "forever" friend.

I love her incredibly and I am so excited for her to become a wife and a mother. Which she will be doing in exactly 84 days.

Happy Birthday, Angel Girl.